Peter C. Lind, B.Sc. (Hon.), M.Sc., Ph.D.

Computer Systems and Software Engineer
 

Education

1998           Ph.D. (Electrical and Computer Engineering), McMaster University.
                           Thesis: “Application of Technology Insertion to Particle Accelerator Modernization and Operations Support”
1987-1988   M.Sc. (Computation), Dept. of Computer Science and Systems, McMaster University.
                           Thesis: “Towards Object-Oriented FORTH”
1982-1987   B.Sc. Honours (Computer Science), Queen’s University.
                           Thesis: “Partitioning the 1981 Canadian Census Database”
 

Work Experience

5/1991-Present: Self-employment as computer systems consultant and software engineer, LaurelWreath Systems and Software, Box 1000, Brighton, Ontario, Canada.

1998-2000: Computer Software and Systems Engineer/Programmer, Nesda Technologies Ltd., 57 Cannifton Rd., Belleville, Ontario.

1996-1997: Postdoctoral research, Ergonomics in Telerobotics and Control Laboratory, Deptartment of Industrial Engineering, University of Toronto.

1989-1995: Member of the Applied Computersystems Group, Dept. Computer Science and Systems; Dr. W.F.S. (Skip) Poehlman, Principal Investigator. Research involves development of an artificial intelligence-based performance enhancement and real-time control system for a particle accelerator; funded by the Dept. of National Defence.

5/1991-Present: Design and development of a patient database and analysis system, Palliative Care Team, Chedoke-McMaster Hospitals, Hamilton, Ontario. Presentation of system at the Ninth International Congress on Care of the Terminally Ill, Montréal, Québec, October  31, 1992; Presentation at the First National Workshop for the Establishment of a Nation-wide Palliative Care Database, Winnipeg, Manitoba, September 22, 1993.

5/1987-12/1987: Member of the Reactor Safety Group, Dept. of Radioactive Waste Management and Environmental Protection, Ontario Hydro (Dr. C. Young, supervisor). Responsibilities included: (i)  developing, implementing and modifying a computerized work management and scheduling system (WMS) using dBASE III+; (ii)  development of a user-friendly interface to WMS for a department of 100 people.

9/1987-1995: Marking and tutoring for undergraduate and graduate courses in computer science and electrical engineering (data structures, compiler design, software engineering, scientific computing, assembly language programming, processor design), McMaster University.

5/1985-12/1987: Compilation of a 1981 Canadian Census database and design of a support program to be used in business site location optimization; supervised by Dr. R. Turner, School of Business, Queen’s University.

6/1984-8/1986: Development of computerized tutorial programs for the Dept. of Nursing Science and Faculty of Medicine, Queen’s University, and a nutritional analysis program for use in local hospitals and health centers; supervised by Dr. T. Spencer, Dept. of Biochemistry, Queen’s University.

9/1983-5/1987: Marking and tutoring for first and second year computer courses, Queen’s University.

5/1983: Simulation analysis and research under Dr. N.C.  Lind, Risk Research Institute, Dept. of Civil Engineering, University of Waterloo.

9/1981-6/1983: Installation and programming of a small micro-computer system for the Dept. of Biology for tutoring and testing of students; Design and implementation of support software for annual rowing regatta; Development of a student records file management system for the Office of the Registrar. Shawnigan Lake School, Shawnigan Lake, B.C.
 

Practical Experience

Programming Languages and Software Systems Familiarity

This list includes all programming languages and software systems with which I have limited to extensive experience. Entries marked in italics are those with which I have a high degree of competency.
 

Computer Systems Familiarity

Mainframes

Micro-Computers

Academic Publications

Lind, P.C., Poehlman, W.F.S., “Technology Insertion and Performance Enhancement for a Van de Graaff Particle Accelerator”, Proc. First Workshop on Performance Support Systems in Nuclear Power Plants, Dept. of Computer Science and Systems, McMaster University, Hamilton, Ontario, Canada, June 15-17, 1994.

Lind, P.C., Poehlman, W.F.S., “Application of Fuzzy Logic to Control of a Van de Graaff Particle Accelerator”, submitted for review for publication, IEEE Special Proceedings on Fuzzy Systems, 1995. [Submitted: May 4, 1994]

Lind, P.C., Poehlman, W.F.S., “Fuzzy Control of a Particle Accelerator’s Analyzing Magnet”, Abstract accepted for publication in upcoming Proc. Fifth Symp. on Applications of Expert Systems in the Dept. of National Defence, Royal Military College, Kingston, Ontario, Canada, May, 1994.

Lind, P.C., Poehlman, W.F.S., Stark, J.W., “The KN-3000 Particle Accelerator Control Expert System (PACES)”, IEEE Trans. on Nuclear Science, vol.  40, no.  6, December, 1993.

Lind, P.C., Poehlman, W.F.S., “Fuzzy Logic for Particle Accelerator Control”, Proc. Fifth Symp. on Applications of Expert Systems in the Dept. of National Defence, Westin Hotel, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada, November, 1993.

Lind, P.C., Poehlman, W.F.S., Stark, J.W., and Cousins, T., “Knowledge Engineering for PACES: The KN-3000 Particle Accelerator Control Expert System”, Proc. Fourth Symp. on Applications of Expert Systems in the Dept. of National Defence, Royal Military College, Kingston, Ontario, Canada, April 27-28, 1992, p.  133.

Lind, P.C., Poehlman, W.F.S., “Design of an Expert-System-based Real-Time Control System for a Van de Graaff Particle Accelerator,” Applications of Artificial Intelligence in Engineering, eds. D.E. Grierson, G. Rzevski, and R.A. Adey, Elsevier Applied Science, NY, 1992.

Lind, P.C., Poehlman, W.F.S., Stark, J.W., “Implementation Considerations for PACES: the Particle Accelerator Control Expert System”, Proc. Third Symp. on Applications of Expert Systems in the Dept. of National Defence, Royal Military College, Kingston, ON., May 2-3, 1991, p.  17.

Lind, P.C., Solntseff, N.S., “A Debugging Environment for FORTH”, Accepted for publication in the Journal of Applied FORTH, September 1992.

Turner, R., Lind, P., “Locating the Demand for Church Facilities”, ASAC Conference Proceedings, Vol.  6, Part  1, 1986.

Turner, R., Lind, P., “Factors for Evaluating Branch Bank Locations”, Internal publication, Toronto Dominion Bank, 1987.
 

Academic Awards

1990-1992: Ontario Graduate Scholarship.

1988-1994: Departmental Scholarship, Electrical and Computer Engineering.

1988: Departmental Scholarship, Computer Science and Systems.

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